Well, if the 50 million downloads have been celebrated with the release of Jetpack, making Dolphin Browser much faster, the 80 million wouldn’t have gone uncelebrated, either. The makers of the browser are doing so with the release of version 10, one that’s filled with important improvements.

The first thing you'll definitely notice is the new design, a cleaner, more elegant one.

The first thing you’ll definitely notice is a cleaner, more elegant design. You now can swipe to get to menus or history, for example and you can populate your Dolphin Browser home screen with the web apps you need closer to you, for easy access. The even nicer part is that apps can be grouped into folders, by just dragging them one on top of the other, so you can keep things better organized. There are tons of them, so you’ll certainly find something of interest to you.

Also, you have a button which allows to swipe in one of three directions to get to the Sonar feature (Dolphin Browser’s voice search feature), browser menu or the list of currently open tabs, which can be quite handy.

Another nice idea is that you can use the search bar to look for things on multiple websites, not only the default search engine. You just click the bar and then Google (or whatever search engine is the default one), and you’ll get icons of the available search engines.

Flash support is disabled by default in the new version, but you can easily re-enable it from the Settings menu (you’ll find it under Web Content).

As you can see, lots of improvements to Dolphin Browser in the new version, made without altering the browser’s user experience. If you were a Dolphin Browser user until now, you’ll certainly enjoy the new version, and if not, now is as good a time as ever to give it a shot.

The Sony Xperia Z may get its Android 4.2.2 Jelly Bean bump as early as mid-July, if we’re to believe a roadmap on Australian carrier Telstra’s website.

According to said page, which lists a number of phone update dates, the Android 4.2.2 Jelly Bean update is currently in first round testing. The data on the page is current as of June 17, so there are reasons to take it seriously.

As you can see in the screenshot below, approval date is expected to be July 1st, and the update (which has been received on June 14 and is currently in the test phase) is expected to be available to customers on July 15.

The Sony Xperia Z is not the only device to be mentioned on Telstra’s update page. The same page also mentions August 5 as the expected availability date to customers of the Android Jelly Bean 4.2.2 update for Samsung Galaxy S4 and Samsung Galaxy Note 2 4G.

]]>http://www.androidauthority.com/sony-xperia-z-android-update-233006/feed/1Could this image have been taken with the Moto X phone?http://www.androidauthority.com/image-moto-x-photo-232898/
http://www.androidauthority.com/image-moto-x-photo-232898/#commentsThu, 20 Jun 2013 11:54:39 +0000http://www.androidauthority.com/?p=232898

X Phone concept

The Moto X phone, which is said to be “contextually aware” and has been confirmed by Motorola recently, is said to be the device having taken an image posted by famed leaker @evleaks on his Twitter account.

No other details have been mentioned in the Tweet, which you can take a look at below, apart from the fact that the image, which looks pretty good in terms of quality, has been taken with the Moto X.

When asked to post the full resolution image, @evleaks has quickly complied. You can take a look at the full image below, so you can get a better idea.

No EXIF data is present in the file, so we’ll have to take the leaker’s word for it. He was the one to also provide some specs of the device, a few days ago. According to said specs (we’ll have to see whether they get confirmed or not), the Moto X phone will have a 720p resolution display and will be powered by a 1.7GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 dual-core MSM8960 Pro CPU and 2GB of RAM memory.

The same source claims that the device would have 16GB of internal memory, a 10-megapixel rear camera (presumably, the one responsible for the image above), as well as a 2-megapixel front shooter and would run Android 4.2.2.

The update has even been pulled by Verizon, as the carrier has said that it was aware of the issue and that it was working on a fix together with Samsung. Users were wondering how long it would take for things to come back. A little more than a week later, a new update is being pushed to users via OTA, and should already be available to you if you’re a user of the device.

As you can see in this screenshot, taken from Droid-Life, the update has build number JZ054K.I535VRBMF1, while the previous update was JZ054K.I535VRBMD3.

The update seems to fix the connectivity issues, judging from comments left by Verizon Galaxy S3 users on the same site. They are reporting faster speeds and say that things seem to have returned to normal. The update seems to be just a small bug fix, without any other enhancements, but, if you’ve been facing the issues, it most certainly makes a huge difference.

If you are a user of the Verizon Samsung Galaxy S3, have you received the new update? Do you see any changes?

According to AT&T, both the Urban Gray and the Dive Blue version of the Samsung Galaxy S4 Active are already shipping to customers, as of June 19. The funny thing is that, with the devices already sent to customers, this can hardly be called a pre-order process anymore.

If you want to take a look at the AT&T-exclusive device in real life before you actually purchase it, Punk Panda, a user of Chinese social network Weibo, has posted some hands-on photos, including one that shows the back of the device with the AT&T branding.

There is also an image that shows the device with the back plate taken off, allowing you to take a look at the removable battery.

Also, in another picture, you can see the little rubber plug protecting the USB port from water and dust. All of the images give the impression of a very sturdy device, which is exactly what was expected of the Samsung Galaxy S4 Active.

Of course, we’ll find out more when we get our hands on it for a review.

Carphone Warehouse also offers it free with a monthly deal that starts at £21 per month, and also as an upgrade to your current phone (still free with a plan starting at £21 per month). Another important thing for you to know, if you’re planning on purchasing the Huawei Ascend P6 from Carphone Warehouse, is that the device is expected to arrive on July 4, so you won’t get your hands on it until then.

In terms of colors, you can currently choose between white and black – there’s a pink version, too, but it’s not available for pre-order at Carphone Warehouse just yet.

What do you get for your money? Well, you get a very slim smartphone – at only 6.18 millimeters thickness and with a weight of 120 grams – which also includes some pretty good specs, starting with a 4.7-inch screen with HD resolution.

The device is powered by a 1.5GHz quad-core Huawei K3V2 processor, as well as 2GB of RAM and has 8GB of internal storage, which can be added to using a microSD card. The rear camera is an 8-megapixel one, while the front one has a 5-megapixel resolution (one that enhances “selfies,” if you’re a fan of that). As for the battery, we’re looking at a 2000mAh one.

What do you think of the Huawei Ascend P6’s price? Will you buy the device?

LG is gearing up to mass manufacture flexible OLED displays by the end of the year, a company spokesman told The Korea Times.

According to LG’s Frank Lee, the company will start manufacturing a flexible smartphone panel (probably the same one that LG demonstrated last month) in the last quarter of 2013. The statement contradicts what LG’s VP in Europe recently said about the flexible display technology not being mature enough to make it to the market.

Lee added that production of flexible displays will take place on LG’s E2 line at the Korean company’s Paju complex, using a “4.5th generation glass-cutting technology for the OLED flexible displays.”

LG Display doesn’t plan to make flexible displays for LG Electronics exclusively; other smartphone makers will also be able to buy them from LG, the same report says.

It will be interesting to see how the first devices equipped with flexibles display will look, and how they will compare with conventional glass-based panels in terms of quality. However, the fact that the wait has been reduced to just a few months is exciting.

The app reached Twitter’s 100,000 token limit on Monday, and Verges had to reset the tokens and ask users to re-log in, in an effort to clear inactive tokens and allow new users to make use of the app. Falcon Pro went through the issue before, back in February, and the reset of the tokens did the trick back then.

This time, Verges doesn’t seem too optimistic about the future of his app. As he details in a Google+ post, the 100,000 tokens limit has been reached once again in less than 24 hours, meaning that he will have to look for a new way around the limitation.

The developer warns that the situation could mean the end of Falcon Pro, but hopefully we’ll be able to enjoy one of the best third-party Twitter clients out there once again.

Joaquim Verges thinks that the reason why the token pool was exhausted so quickly after the reset was a landgrab that occurred when people learned about the reset. Also, some users have more than one account, which further uses up tokens.

@PaulOBrien my only clue is that people rushed to log all of their accounts in. But the stats are very high, I'm seeing 4 accounts/user

If you updated your Falcon Pro installation and can’t use it anymore, you can download the .apk file of the previous version (2.0.2). The app is available on Google Drive one (link below) and worked just fine at the time this article was written.

Many people love the beautiful simplicity of Google Now backgrounds, which makes them perfect to use as a wallpapers.

If you’ve always wanted to have Google Now wallpapers as background images on your phone, your wish is now granted. That’s because a Reddit user has tracked down the Flickr account of the artist responsible for creating them. Brent Couchman is a San Francisco graphic designer, who did work for the likes of Coca Cola, Target, Microsoft, and, of course, Google.

But back to the Google Now background images. Couchman has posted four wallpapers to his Flickr account (link available in the Sources box below) – Forest Night, Mountains Day, Plains Day, and Beach Night. They’re all available in sizes of up to 1680 x 1050, so they should look pretty good on any device.

To download any of them to your computer, just click the one you want, and then, when you get to its page, right-click it and select the size you want – “Original” will get you to 1680 x 1050. Then, proceed to save the image on your computer.

]]>http://www.androidauthority.com/google-now-wallpapers-231982/feed/5HTC One mini to be available on AT&T, report sayshttp://www.androidauthority.com/htc-one-mini-att-232020/
http://www.androidauthority.com/htc-one-mini-att-232020/#commentsWed, 19 Jun 2013 10:17:49 +0000http://www.androidauthority.com/?p=232020

The HTC One Mini, one of the most rumored devices of the year, is said to be coming to AT&T, but no specific launch date has been given.

According to Phone Arena, quoting sources close to HTC, the HTC One mini will be making its way to AT&T customers, without an actual release date being specified. You might remember that HTC developer LlabTooFer, a man responsible for many HTC leaks, was recently saying that T-Mobile USA would be selling the device, too.

Although only the official announcement will tell us whether these specs are right, the HTC One Mini is said to feature a 4.3-inch display (resolution is expected to be 720p), and to look very similar to its older brother, the HTC One, except for the plastic ring which it will have around the display.

The CPU is said to be a dual-core Snapdragon 400 model, running at 1.4GHz, and the device would run Android 4.2.2 (with the Sense 5 interface on top of it, as you would expect).

While there’s no news on release date, the phone is expected in this year’s third quarter, with some reports saying that August will be the month when it will make its official appearance.

Are you looking forward to the HTC One Mini? Do the rumored specs look tempting to you?